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Re:Predictions of massive job losses to automation miss data... by te_chris on Sunday May 14, 2017 @05:07PM (#14337581)
If the United States of America - the wealthiest society the world has ever known - can't even provide healthcare for its citizens, what hope is there that, in a world where all profits accure to the owners of robots (capital), anyone other than these people get any of the benefit? History is not exactly rich with examples of such.
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Re:Predictions of massive job losses to automation miss data... by valuearb on Sunday May 14, 2017 @05:13PM (#14337615)
The US obvuisky does provide healthcare for its citizens, we are just in a messy argument over who should pay for it. Reagan mandated over 40 years that hospitals had to offer care to everyone.
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Re:Predictions of massive job losses to automation miss data... by jmanderley on Sunday May 14, 2017 @06:01PM (#14337802)
Being able to visit the emergency room and having to pay whatever they want isn't remotely the same as "provide healthcare for its citizens".
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Re:Predictions of massive job losses to automation miss data... by webnrrd2k on Sunday May 14, 2017 @07:18PM (#14338047)
Hospitals may provide emergency care, but it's a poor substiture for proper long-term care with a primary care physician. It's also a horrible system for dealing with homeless and mentally ill patients, not to mention the chance of going bankrupt, and the overall effectiveness/ cost of the system vs. the benefits.

Saying it's only about who pays is not really doing justice to the problems of the American medical system.

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